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Younes El Aynaoui #22 def. Lleyton Hewitt #1

6-7(4) 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Younes El Aynaoui
Score	6-7(4) 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Lleyton Hewitt
Duration	3h 30m

Stat	Younes El Aynaoui	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	33	14
Double faults	5	7
First serve %	70	47
First serve points won %	82	88
Second serve points won %	57	59
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	74	73
Return points won %	27	26
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Younes El Aynaoui	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	MAR	AUS
Birth date	Sep 12, 1971	Feb 24, 1981
Age	31	21
Height	193	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,295	4,485
Elo (entering)	1,827	2,075
Career W-L	243–219	564–241
Career earnings	$4,044,667	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Younes El Aynaoui 1 – 3 Lleyton Hewitt

Path

Younes El Aynaoui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Feliciano Lopez	5-7 6-2 7-6(3) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Vadim Kutsenko	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Justin Gimelstob	2-6 4-6 6-4 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Younes El Aynaoui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2003	QF	Andy Roddick	6-4 6-7(5) 6-4 4-6 19-21	L	H2H	Match data

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Todd Larkham	6-1 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Magnus Larsson	6-3 3-6 6-1 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data